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The Moon on Monday, April 23, 1979: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on April 23, 1979Waning Crescent

Monday 23 April 1979367,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 23, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.0% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
367,380 km228,279 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 26, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 19, 197918:30
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 26, 197913:15

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Monday, April 23, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 1979 to the new moon of April 26, 1979, a cycle of 29.43 days.